Mount Carmel, Israel: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Mount Carmel is a coastal mountain in Israel overlooking the Mediterranean sea. The city of Haifa is partially on Mount Carmel, and so are a few smaller towns such as Nesher, Tirat Hakarmel.

The shrine of the Báb is on the side of Mount Carmel. on the ninth terrace of the Baha'i Gardens.

History

Mount Carmel is mentioned in the Bible.

On Mount Carmel transpired the miracles attending the competition between Baal and the Israelite God, after which the priests of Baal were then put to death by the order of the prophet Elijah.

A Roman Catholic religious order, the Carmelites was founded on Mount Carmel in the 12th century by a certain Berthold (d. after 1185) who was either a pilgrim or crusader. The order grew to be one of the major Catholic religious orders worldwide. Carmelite tradition suggests that a community of Jewish hermits lived on Mount Carmel from the time of Elijah, although no documentary evidence of such a community exists.